THAT AREA CALLED WEST NILE: WEST NILE IS A CONSIDERED TO BE NO MAN'S LAND AND THEREFORE NOT TO BE DEVEOLPED . THEY SAY THAT AREA IS INHABITED BY SERVEGES ONLY . THERE ARE DOCUMENTARY WRITIGS ON WEST NILE PEOPLE ON THAT . GET THE DOCUMENTS TO READ ON PLEASE FOR YOURSELVES : ANYWAY THE WEST NILE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT . NO SUPRISES !!
Pario - Anguyo . > From: [email protected] > Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 43, Issue 27 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:00:02 +0300 > > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. ELECTRICITY IN WEST NILE! (alex free) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 22:23:51 +0100 > From: alex free <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] ELECTRICITY IN WEST NILE! > Message-ID: > <CAPSCo11A0c+idxLvPn_Xp9_xgCpGwK0nkJ=h36w5jxvya_m...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Colleagues, > > Those of us who live overseas know what electricity means. But in Uganda it > is such a luxury and a politicised issue so much so that a region is denied > not so much because their need for power is low but simply because they are > not just liked and are just being punished! It baffles but more so annoys > me to see that we are marginalised and if I may say- hated. Right from the > time of colonialists we have been unlucky! The colonialists had wanted our > region to remain in ignorance...no schools, no roads...in general no social > infrastructure that can spur positive change in a society! (For more > details, read Fr Toni Salandra's "History of the Catholic Church in West > Nile"). It was only missionaries who built such infrastructure as schools... > > In 2003 the government of Germany donated between 8-10 million Euros to > build the power at Olewa but that money disappeared and was swallowed by > people in Kampala or was diverted elsewhere because they either fear or > hate us and don't want to see our region rise up! (you can google "Olewa > Power"...you will be amazed how much information you get there!) > > Now the "everlasting Nyagak power" which was supposed to be some part of > our hope, there is no any sign of it being switched on soon! Since 2006, > the so-called government has been commissioning it every year! We don't > want to remember the 1990s when it nearly costed the life of Bishop > Frederick Drandua! > > There can arise, because of this issue, many questions: Why? ARE WE NOT > BEING FOOLED AND INSULTED? Is it because as a region we have become so > docile so to say stupid so as not to know our rights? Do we pay taxes? If > so, why and what for? Do we have leaders or not? Do we need people power? > AS A SUFFERING, PROBABLY AN UNWANTED PART OF UGANDA, DO WE NEED TO SECEDE > FROM THE GREATER UGANDA SO THAT WE DETERMINE OUR OWN DESTINY? These > questions, brothers and sisters, can be seriously discussed and some have > been partly hinted by the previous writers. But the fact is that the > marginalisation of West Nile really pains and also hurts us. > Now we don't have to wait for another useless promise...Nyagaka is going to > be commissioned in June, July, December, etc! THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL. > WE NEED TO TAKE A COLLECTIVE ACTION AS A REGION...OUR SO-CALLED > REPRESENTATIVES HAVE LET US DOWN! THEY HAVE NO COMMON VOICE! Someone > commented on power being extended to villages in Lamwo, Pader, etc. But he > didn't ask why and how. Those things happen because Acholi MPs have one > common voice when things concern their region as a whole whether they are > in opposition or government! But in West Nile, it seems our cultural > diversity is really a weakness! But let us not take it that way. Instead we > should see ourselves as people who live on the western side of River Nile > who suffer a common fate! > I AGREE WITH THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF LACK OF ELECTRICITY > IN OUR AREA. LET US FORGET ALL THOSE FICKLE REASONS GIVEN BY THE MUSEVENIS > THAT OUR NEED FOR POWER IS LOW SO WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH! THAT IS A LIE > AND A BAD POLITICS. LET US PREPARE OURSELVES FOR 2016 and Kick him out! > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20120309/4ef4a77e/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 43, Issue 27 > *******************************************
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